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Sakata Seed America has hired John Lindbo as the company’s senior biotechnology manager. Lindbo will lead efforts in marker-assisted selection, marker discovery and a new tissue culture lab for developing di-haploid lines in multiple crops.
Lindbo has a doctorate degree in microbiology from Oregon State University and a post-doc from the University of California-Davis. His career in plants and biotechnology has included teaching, researching, managing a molecular marker program and labs, and developing tools, techniques and traits for use in plant breeding.